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<div>And not only India, as Dave Sarff points out, but Canada is officially lawfully bi-lingual. I thought everyone knew that Canada is bilingual. Excerpt below from Canadian government web site:</div>
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<p>As Canadians, we are privileged to enjoy the many things our country has to offer. One of its greatest characteristics is its unique bilingual identity reflected by the harmonious co-existence of its two official languages, English and French. Throughout Canada's history, the English and French languages have co-existed. However, it wasn't until 1969 that Canada adopted the Official Languages Act. "This Act stipulates that English and French are the official languages of Canada for all matters relating to Parliament and the Government of Canada". In 1988, nineteen years after the official languages policy had been in place, Parliament adopted a new Official Languages Act. The provisions in this new Act were more specific than those of the 1969 version. According to Canada's Official Languages Act, the Government of Canada must ensure that its employees and those working on its behalf promote the presence of both official languages.
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<p>Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett</p></div>
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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 3/11/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">J Ford</b> <<a href="mailto:privatejf32@hotmail.com">privatejf32@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Sorry - gotta disagree with the good Senator. In NO other country in this<br>world is this type of discussion ever even taken place or considered. You
<br>move to a country - YOU LEARN THE LANGUAGE! Period.<br><br>What does the Senator suggest - we all learn his father's language? What<br>about the Japanese or the Latin or the Haitian or......it goes on and on and
<br>on.<br><br>Having one language that everyone speaks, to me, guarantees that we will at<br>least be able to talk to one another and THAT is where democracy starts. We<br>can't talk, we can't agree, we can't get anywhere.
<br><br>Remember the Tower of Babel......<br><br><br>J :]<br><br><br><br><br><br>>From: "Tom Hansen" <<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</a>><br>>To: "Vision 2020" <
<a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a>><br>>Subject: [Vision2020] Words Bring Pause<br>>Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2007 14:42:03 -0700<br>><br>> >From today's (March 11, 2007) Spokesman Review with a very special thanks
<br>>to<br>>State Senator Edgar Malepeai -<br>><br>>---------------------------------------------------------------------<br>><br>>Words Bring Pause<br>><br>>The Idaho Senate voted 20-15 in favor of Senate Bill 1172, declaring
<br>>English<br>>to be the official language of Idaho, in a debate that took a personal<br>>turn.<br>><br>>"It's not for shutting people out, but bringing people in," Sen. Mel<br>>Richardson, R-Idaho Falls, lead sponsor of the bill, told the Senate.
<br>><br>>Sen. Edgar Malepeai, D-Pocatello, said quietly, "Looking around the<br>>chamber,<br>>I think I'm probably the only one that has English as a second language."<br>>Malepeai recalled that his late father and uncles served proudly in the
<br>>U.S.<br>>military. "They spoke very, very broken English, but they were proud<br>>American Samoans," Malepeai said. Democracy and freedom "is what unifies<br>>people in this country," he said, "not the English language." A hush fell
<br>>in<br>>the Senate after Malepeai's comments, and no one else debated the bill.<br>><br>>---------------------------------------------------------------------<br>><br>>Seeya round town, Moscow.<br>
><br>>Tom Hansen<br>>Moscow, Idaho<br>><br>>"I love my country but fear my government."<br>><br>>- Author Unknown<br>><br>><br>><br>>=======================================================
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